Derek Lamb Movies

A story about two symbolic characters who sway to the song Alouette.

This lively satire uses animation and a pseudo-documentary style to depict Canada's search for a national identity. The National Scream explains,...

An egg desperately tries to prevent being hatched. In this animated short from the Canada Vignette series, learn how societies in evolution are often...

Historical events are related through the medium of simulated news broadcasting in 1878.

Two indigent street children in a developing country become the target of an HIV positive pedophile who attempts to lure them in with money.

This animated film illustrates the terrible journey, the back-breaking work, the exotic and gaudy city of Dawson, and the turmoil and triumphs of the...

A nonsense song, sung by Burl Ives and given unrestrained interpretation by the cartoonist. Of course, by the time the song ends the old lady has...

This vignette illustrates the variety of professions, people and technical procedures required by the filmmaking process.

Canuck anti-drugs propaganda film about how glue huffing and pill popping and weed smoking leads to child prostitution. Or something. The backstory...

The metamorphosis of a map of Canada into human forms who share the natural resources to the rhythm of a dance.

A collection of one-minute cartoons produced by the National Film Board of Canada animators for government sponsors. Showcasing a playful selection...

This animated short is the visual enactment of the year-long obstacle course run by a teacher trainee. Rich in humor and anecdote, it is a comedy of...

A disgruntled Uncle Sam complains that nobody listens to him anymore, and what's more, he doesn't even know what's going on up there. "I thought we...

An animation submitted to the Academy for Oscar consideration.

A freewheeling cinematic experience, this film is the work of two filmmakers who relate their perceptions of each other through their respective...

This film is about the emotions that can lead one to take that jump into space necessary for hang gliding with a Delta Plane.

A selection of publicity clips mounted together in one film to show the techniques of NFB animators. As in Hors-d'oeuvre, these "quickie" films were...

This film promotes, in the best K-Tel tradition, a new device used to speak French.